Betrayal
Just a wonderful touch in the first book, named Betrayal, of the Legacy of the Force series of Star Wars. At one point Leia tells someone that “Han shot first”. This is such a beautiful pointer to the...
View ArticleScience Fiction and Space Battles
Something I never understand between various science fiction movies and series is the difference in how space battles are conducted. Take for example Star Trek, you see all kinds of ships in fights,...
View ArticleButterflies & Hurricanes
Well, thankfully it is a weekend again. I find I need more and more time to get back on energetic levels. Guess getting up every morning at 06:30 is asking a bit too much of my body. Darn that...
View ArticleHere’s to your health!
Received two books yesterday: Donald Knuth’s volume 3 of the Art of Computer Programming (Sorting and Searching) and Ken Lunde’s CJKV Information Processing. Donald Knuth’s volume 2 should be coming my...
View ArticleCoriolis winds blowing over Dune….
I reread Frank Herbert’s Dune recently. Things are so much clearer once you know more about Islam and the Qu’ran and some of the rituals there as well as Zen Buddhism and other topics such as...
View ArticleFear is the mind-killer
This quote from Frank Herbert’s Dune is a litany against fear from the Bene Gesserit. I find the litany quite a good way to deal with the unexpected things in life. People so easily succumb to fear,...
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